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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
1
On Thursday night residents violated the Fire Cracker and Torpedo Ordinance by selling and shelling loud devices on Main Street. Bombardment from alleys and rooftops disrupted pedestrians as cans exploded and torpedoes dropped low. Mayor Thurlow meted out justice Friday morning, restoring public safety and lawfulness.
A June wedding at Grace Methodist Church unites Miss Alice Margaret McClellan and Kenneth Warren with a double rice ceremony. The reception follows at the bride’s home as out of town guests attend.
St. Joseph reports Mr Warren is employed at the Garin Belt Mills in St. Joseph with local industrial notes. The brief item confirms job status and local employer linkage.
For sale or trade a pair of spotted Shetland ponies owned by Roy Jennings in North Salem Missouri. Suitable for farm work or children. Trade offers may include cow related items.
A June 25 1925 letter from Mr Lyle Bisgham Browning Missouri requests sending the paper to Coulee Washington while they stay aboard the Lincoln Steck Farm. He says Washington is fine and hopes Missouri has changed since their last visit, and that all is well with Joé Nickell.
The Leader-Record thanks contributors WF Lyons Ray Moore Mrs Bowie Mrs T E Fuhrmen YW R Head and others for their support. It notes gratitude for readers who pay their dues and mentions members including J Vincent Winac Johnson Mrs Ross Lentz H L Fuller W Fy Peters Edgar Tully and A M Tully Nivs J Cassity.
Brookfield eyesight specialist Dr Wyett will be at Browning Drug Store on Monday July 9 for one day only. He specializes in fitting glasses eye muscle work and straightening cross eyes and can provide top quality service at home.
The report describes late warmth and rain delaying harvest, with some corn fields damaged by wet conditions while others look promising for a bumper crop. Wheat and oats crops are progressing, and farmers anticipate a heavy workload ahead to plow, cut, and thresh.
Daniel Jerome rejoined the Leader-Record after price talks and says it pays to subscribe at $1.50 yearly. The paper highlights another reader, George P. Martin, who placed an ad that helped locate a family member, reuniting with the hometown paper and showing the benefit of local advertising.
The Women’s Republican Club of Linn County held a social evening at Brookfield on Thursday night June 28 featuring a get acquainted meeting and an entertainment program. Speakers included Miss Carson secretary of the Linn County Republican Committee Mrs Buster of Bucklin Hon Spencer H Kathan of Bucklin Mr James Jefferson City Assistant Attorney General Missouri and others. Attendees from the city included W H Dickinson Ko Duncan WP Nickell Herbert C Bailey A D Peterson Guy Carter Mrs Lou Carter Miss Alene Woodworth Vie et Hooker and Mrs Blanche Clements.
The advertisement lists Dr Palm's Dates Guaranteed glasses priced at eight dollars, with a price range to three hundred fifteen dollars. It notes locations in Milan on August 6 and Linneus on August 7.
A small ad helps a little while large ads draw more customers. Any ad can bring people to your door and boost a two by four business. The poem urges using newspaper advertising to beat hell.
At about four o clock Monday morning residents awoke to a church bell and alarm. Mrs EM Baker found the fire and woke J H Calhoun who raised the alarm. The south side of S Pipes home burned fiercely. some furniture saved. Pipes had recently left for Kansas and planned Montana. A cigarette stub may have started the blaze. insurance was insufficient to cover losses.
The article recalls the July 5 1861 clash at Carthage between Union and Confederate aligned forces amid Missouri Civil War maneuvering. It also profiled Arthur LeRoy Polson born December 4 1889, his schooling, World War I service, honors, later career, marriage March 4 1928, and his funeral at Bucklin Lutheran church with a Bucklin Herald obituary note.
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